Thursday, September 9, 2021

AND THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2021 CMA AWARDS ARE ....


The full nominee list for the 55th Annual CMA Awards was announced this morning both for broadcast as well as entertainment. Winners will be announced in and around the live broadcast of the awards ceremony on ABC on Nov. 10.

Congratulations to all of the nominees! (Note: Our entertainment winner picks are marked with an asterisk and not necessarily who we'd LIKE to win but who probably will win. It's kinda weird not seeing Luke Bryan or Keith Urban up for Entertainer of the Year this time.)


ENTERTAINMENT NOMINEES


ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

1.) Eric Church *

2.) Luke Combs


3.) Miranda Lambert

4.) Chris Stapleton

5.) Carrie Underwood

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1.) Gabby Barrett

2.) Miranda Lambert

3.) Ashley McBryde

4.) Maren Morris

5.) Carly Pearce *

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1.) Dierks Bentley

2.) Eric Church

3.) Luke Combs *

4.) Thomas Rhett

5.) Chris Stapleton

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

1.) Lady A

2.) Little Big Town

3.) Midland

4.) Old Dominion *

5.) Zac Brown Band

DUO OF THE YEAR

1.) Brooks & Dunn

2.) Brothers Osborne  

3.) Dan + Shay *

4.) Florida Georgia Line

5.) Maddie & Tae

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

1.) “Famous Friends” - Chris Young & Kane Brown *
       Producers: Corey Crowder & Chris Young / Mix Engineer: Sean Moffitt

2.) “The Good Ones” - Gabby Barrett
       Producers: Ross Copperman & Zach Kale / Mix Engineers: Chris Galland
       & Manny Marroquin

3.) “Hell Of A View” - Eric Church  
       Producer: Jay Joyce / Mix Engineers: Jason Hall & Jay Joyce

4.) “One Night Standards” - Ashley McBryde
       Producer: Jay Joyce / Mix Engineers: Jason Hall & Jay Joyce

5.) “Starting Over” - Chris Stapleton
       Producers: Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton / Mix Engineer: Vance Powell

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1.) "29" - Carly Pearce
      Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Jimmy Robbins / 
      Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore

2.) "Dangerous: The Double Album" - Morgan Wallen
       Producers: Dave Cohen, Matt Dragstrem, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome
      & Joey Moi / Mix Engineer: Joey Moi

3.) "Heart" - Eric Church
      Producer: Jay Joyce / Mix Engineers: Jason Hall & Jay Joyce

4.) "Skeletons" - Brothers Osborne
       Producer: Jay Joyce /  Mix Engineers: Jason Hall & Jay Joyce

5.) "Starting Over" - Chris Stapleton
       Producers: Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton / Mix Engineer: Vance Powell

SONG OF THE YEAR (GOES TO WRITERS)

1.) "Forever After All” - Luke Combs, Drew Parker & Robert Williford

2.) “The Good Ones” - Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis & Jim McCormick

3.) “Hell Of A View" - Casey Beathard, Eric Church & Monty Criswell *

4.) “One Night Standards” - Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally 
       & Ashley McBryde

5.) “Starting Over” - Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton


VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

1.) “Buy Dirt” - Jordan Davis & Luke Bryan
       Producer: Paul DiGiovanni

2.) “Chasing After You” - Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
       Producers: Aaron Eshuis & Teddy Reimer

3.) “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” - Elle King & Miranda Lambert
       Producer: Martin Johnson

4.) “Famous Friends” - Chris Young & Kane Brown *
       Producers: Corey Crowder & Chris Young

5.) “Half Of My Hometown” - Kelsea Ballerini & Kenny Chesney
       Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman & Jimmy Robbins

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

1.) Jenee Fleenor - Fiddle *

2.) Paul Franklin - Steel Guitar

3.) Aaron Sterling - Drums


4.) Ilya Toshinskiy - Banjo

5.) Derek Wells - Guitar

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

1.) “Chasing After You" - Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
       Director: TK McKamy

2.) “Famous Friends" - Chris Young & Kane Brown * 
       Director: Peter Zavadil

3.) “Gone” - Dierks Bentley
       Directors: Wes Edwards, Travis Nicholson, Ed Pryor, Running Bear & Sam Siske

4.) “Half Of My Hometown” - Kelsea Ballerini & Kenny Chesney
       Director: Patrick Tracy

5.) “Younger Me” - Brothers Osborne
        Director: Reid Long

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1.) Jimmie Allen *

2.) Ingrid Andress

3.) Gabby Barrett

4.) Mickey Guyton

5.) Hardy


BROADCAST NOMINEES


WEEKLY NATIONAL BROADCAST OF THE YEAR

1.) American Country Countdown - Kix Brooks (Westwood One)

2.) Country Countdown USA - Lon Helton (Westwood One)

3.) Country Gold - Terri Clark (Westwood One)

4.) The Crook & Chase Countdown - Lorianne Crook & Charlie Chase
     (iHeartMedia)

5.) Honky Tonkin’ With Tracy Lawrence - Tracy Lawrence & Patrick Thomas 
    (Compass)

DAILY NATIONAL BROADCAST OF THE YEAR

1.) The Big D & Bubba Show - Derek Haskins, Sean Powell, Patrick Thomas &
     Carsen Humphreville (Compass)

2.) The Bobby Bones Show- Bobby Bones, Amy Brown, “Lunchbox” Dan Chappell,
      Eddie Garcia, “Morgan #2” Huelsman, “Raymundo” Ray Slater, 
     “Scuba Steve”Stephen Spradlin, “Mike D” Rodriguez & 
     “Utility Hillary” Borden (Premiere)

3.) CMT After Midnite - Cody Alan (Premiere)

4.) The Lia Show- Lia Knight (Westwood One)

5.) The Music Row Happy Hour - Buzz Brainard & Ania Hammar (SiriusXM)

MAJOR MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

1.) Angie Ward - WUBL/Atlanta

2.) "Double-L" - Lois Lewis - KNIX/Phoenix

3.) "Hawkeye In The Morning" - "Hawkeye” Mark Louis Rybczyk & Michelle 
      Rodriguez -KSCS/Dallas

4.) "The Morning Bull" - George Lindsey, “Mo” Monica Lunsford &
      “Cowboy Dave” Bayless - KILT/Houston

5.) "Tampa Bay’s Morning Krewe" - “J.R.” Jon Jaus, Launa Phillips & Kevin Ebel 
      WQYK/Tampa Bay

LARGE MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

1.) Jesse Tack - WUBE/Cincinnati

2.) Jim Denny, Deborah Honeycutt & Kevin Freeman - WFMS/Indianapolis

3.) "Lexi & Banks" - "Lexi" Elena Abatgis & "Banks" Jared Danielson
      KUBL/Salt Lake City

4.) "Ridder, Scott And Shannen" - “Ridder” Shaun Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin & 
       Shannen Oesterreich - WMIL/Milwaukee

5.)  "The Wayne D Show" - “Wayne D” Danielson & Taylor Rosenberg
        WSIX/Nashville

MEDIUM MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

1.) Brent Michaels -  KUZZ/Bakersfield

2.) "Ellis And Bradley Show" - Bill Ellis & Beth Bradley -  WSSL/Greenville, SC

3.) "Julie And DJ in the Morning" - “Julie K” Kansy & “D.J. Thee Trucker” 
      Dale Sellers - WPCV/Lakeland

4.) "Mo & StyckMan" - “Mo” Melissa Wagner & “StyckMan” Greg Owens
      WUSY/Chattanooga

5.) "Steve & Gina In The Morning" - Steve Lundy & Gina Melton - KXKT/Omaha

SMALL MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

1.) "Barrett, Fox & Berry" - Bill Barrett, Tim Fox & Tracy Berry
       KKNU/Eugene, OR

2.) "Dr. Shane And Tess In The Morning" - Shane Collins & Tess Connell
      WPAP/Panama City, FL

3.) "KTTS Morning Show With Nancy & Rick" - Nancy Simpson & Rick Moore 
      KTTS/Springfield, MO

4.) "Liz & Scotty In The Morning" - Liz Del Grosso & Scotty Cox
       KCLR/Columbia, MO

5.) "Steve, Ben and Nikki" - Steve Stroud, Ben Walker & Nikki Thomas
       WXBQ/Johnson City, TN

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR

MAJOR MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR

1.)  KNIX/Phoenix

2.) KNUC/Seattle

3.) KYGO/Denver

4.) WNSH/New York

5.) WXTU/Philadelphia

6.) WYCD/Detroit

LARGE MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR

1.) WFMS/Indianapolis

2.) WMIL/Milwaukee

3.) WQDR/Raleigh

4.) WSIX/Nashville

5.) WUBE/Cincinnati

MEDIUM MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR

1.) KATM/Modesto

2.) KXKT/Omaha

3.) KUZZ/Bakersfield

4.) WQMX/Akron

5.) WXCY/Wilmington

SMALL MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR

1.) KCLR/Columbia, MO

2.) KTTS/Springfield, MO

3.) WBYT/South Bend, IN

4.) WXBQ/Johnson City, TN

5.) WXFL/Florence, AL

6.) WYCT/Pensacola, FL

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